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Stop Sponsoring Boko Haram, Arewa Youth Leaders Urge Stakeholders

Arewa Youth Leaders Forum has urged stakeholders in the
north east who it accused of deliberately sabotaging the federal
government’s efforts at restoring peace to the region for personal gains
to desist from doing so in the interest of peace.

Youth Forum urged the stakeholders to instead recommit
themselves to the war against Boko Haram and terrorism. It said once the
remnants of the Boko Haram fighters and intellectual wing no longer get
financial and political lifelines from sympathizers and backers, the
war will end once and for all.

Addressing journalists National President of the youth
group, Adamu Adamu said the military and the relevant security agencies
should get the marching order to expand the scope of operations in the
northeast to include the identification, investigation, arrest and
prosecution of sponsors and beneficiaries of Boko Haram’s violent acts.

He said the youths in the course of interaction with highly
placed stakeholders have learnt that the people behind the attempts at
resurgence by Boko Haram see themselves as protecting their economic
interests.

He said, “It however leaves us wondering if the
embezzlement of money meant for IDPs camps or money for brokering
negotiations with terrorists is worth killing other people for. This is
utterly condemnable and Nigerians should unite in condemning it.

“Equally condemnable are those that are exploiting
terrorism to further their political interests. People must be made to
realize that it is better to make themselves politically acceptable to
the electorate as opposed to sponsoring killers to destabilize an entire
regions and wantonly waste human life.”

According to Adamu, the Federal Government must at this
point take off the gloves and openly take on “these sponsors of
terrorism since they have shown that they are not likely to voluntarily
have a change of heart and allow the country live in peace.”

He expressed joy that youths and non-governmental players
have taken the initiative to win the peace in the region as evident in
the recent North East Mega Rally for Peace.